46 Days

That's how long David and I shared a car. :)

We bought a second car almost 2 weeks ago, and life has seemed to get a lot simpler. Sharing 1 car is do-able, but it's not very convenient. Plus, little things were happening to David's car, like the driver's seat getting stuck a couple of times in my position...

Anyway, we found a 2000 Nissan Altima that seemed in decent shape with not a lot of miles, so we made an offer. Can I just say here that I have an awesome husband? :) He decided what we should pay and totally stuck to it. We even left when they didn't accept our offer. I thought we were finished with that car and started looking again, but the place called back twice. The first time they asked us if we wanted to pay what we could and finance the rest, and the second time they agreed to our offer. :) I totally would have caved, but David was determined to not pay any more than what we'd agreed.

Granted, the car is older and needed a couple of repairs, but David is working on those and doing a great job. The car also needed some serious cleaning. The dealership vacuumed the carpets and greased down the steering wheel and dash, but they didn't get all the details. I scrubbed the cup holders and had David completely take the backseat out of the car. I didn't even know you could do that. The people before us definitely had kids, and messy ones at that. There were food, toys, crumbs, wrappers, and just grossness under the backseat. Lysol's great :)

All in all, it's a pretty nice car (especially after being attacked by Lysol). It has leather seats, a sunroof, and the driver's seat raises. That's become a requirement in a car for me. What can I say, I'm short...